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Random musings

December 30, 2009

• You pays your money, you takes your chances

December 28, 2009

• Like cows on ice, we'll find our winter legs

December 24, 2009

• The value of a long memory

November 30, 2009

• At last, some peace on Earth

November 25, 2009

• Guys and their love affairs with things

October 5, 2009

• Errors in judgment and other things that matter

September 16, 2009

• Sir, you are sadly mistaken

September 14, 2009

• Hal McCoy: Living in the Field of Dreams

August 24, 2009

• 'Humping the ruck' on a different mission

August 17, 2009

• Government can be good. Really

July 27, 2009

• The harbingers of the end of summer: heat, school and #$%^ zucchinis

July 20, 2009

• F-16s and the Little Prince

July 13, 2009

• Getting things settled rationally

July 3, 2009

• Oh say can you see ...

June 30, 2009

• Thou shalt not mess with librarians

June 21, 2009

• Recall, politics, fear and hard times

June 18, 2009

• The valley is alive with the sounds of festivals

June 12, 2009

• Observations while walking in the rain and mud

June 10, 2009

• What more could a man want?

June 8, 2009

• Unlike NCR, these folks aren't leaving town

May 29, 2009

• Still writing after all these years

May 26, 2009

• Ducklings, goslings and approaching summer

May 7, 2009

• A pair who defined public services

April 29, 2009

• From spring to summer, gardens to baseball

April 23, 2009

• Readers and colleagues remember Valryn

April 17, 2009

• A distinctive voice goes silent

April 1, 2009

• Animal rights and Second Amendment rights
• Regional cooperation: Some win, some fail

March 26, 2009

• Spring is here though winter may return

March 25, 2009

• So what is faith worth?

March 12, 2009

• Spring, mud and the thieving troll

March 8, 2009

• You know it's spring ...

March 5, 2009

• The desire to slap a politician

March 4, 2009

• Signs of spring

February 25, 2009

• The failings of both youth-envy and the economy

February 19, 2009

• Nextel commercials are at the heart of regionalism

February 18, 2009

• Someone or something has a sense of humor

February 17, 2009

• A lost Monday and Will Rogers

February 11, 2009

• Guys in search of Valentine's Day guidance

February 10, 2009

• Australian fires, part II

February 9, 2009

• Fire halfway around the world

February 4, 2009

• What really happened Groundhog Day

February 1, 2009

• Death written in the sun, not the stars

January 28, 2009

• Disinformation damages discussion

January 27, 2009

• An idea to beat the impending cabin fever

January 26, 2009

• Radio, social media and me

January 20, 2009

• Thoughts not of the inauguration

January 16, 2009

• Our kids are smarter than we are

January 7, 2009

• Cranky guy sulks in the kitchen

January 6, 2009

• It doesn't always fit

January 2, 2009

• Cloudy crystal ball

January 1, 2009

• Breaking them ain't hard to do

December 24, 2008

• Glorious disasters of Christmas

December 11, 2008

• Hiberating in a warm bed is in the genes

December 10, 2008

• Blasted squirrels, Part II

December 9, 2008

• Blasted squirrels

December 8, 2008

• Recount: It's not what you think

December 4, 2008

• Mayberry, the chief and going home

December 3, 2008

• The rest is gravy

October 27, 2008

• An interesting weekend

September 24, 2008

• The passing of a noble hound

September 22, 2008

• Heat in the classroom until well educated or well done

September 4, 2008

• Hemline kerfuffle

August 29, 2008

• Lightning, then thunder, then rain, then snow

August 28, 2008

• Consolidation: A dirty word?

August 27, 2008

• Too dumb for words

August 14, 2008

• A public servant rather than a politician

August 13, 2008

• Budgeting on this year's cost and revenues from long ago

August 12, 2008

• Summer's tomatoes and side-ditch lilies

July 25, 2008

• A rant: Taking a wrong turn

July 16, 2008

• Weeds to greens

July 15, 2008

• What am I missing, part deux

July 14, 2008

• What am I missing here?

July 9, 2008

• Four-bucks-a-gallon chic

July 3, 2008

• Beating Vegas

June 26, 2008

• Fighting the squirrels and losing

June 23, 2008

• Kindness of strangers

May 29, 2008

• Measuring worth and a gallon of gas

May 22, 2008

• Know your role: Show up, shut up

May 21, 2008

• Remembering things best forgotten

May 15, 2008

• Old farthood and wood

May 5, 2008

• Kick 'em while they're down

January 31, 2008

• Texting and other things I don't get

January 24, 2008

• Honk if you like geese

January 10, 2008

• Boycott nonsense

January 2, 2008

• Sherman and a little church

December 21, 2007

• Hamlet and snow

December 18, 2007

• Big Red Canadian

December 10, 2007

• A play on words

October 15, 2007

• Take the long way home

September 27, 2007

• We need more Gilead

September 14, 2007

• Saying good bye

September 11, 2007

September 4, 2007

• We don't need no stinkin' Web site

August 24, 2007

• Standing on the curb clapping

August 16, 2007

• The Great Darke County Fair

August 13, 2007

• You're kidding, right?

August 2, 2007

• A black and white guy on a colorful world

July 18, 2007

• Enlightening a philosophical discussion

July 17, 2007

• Something for everyone

July 5, 2007

• Charlie's smile

May 10, 2007

• Son-shine on the flowers

May 3, 2007

• Call me skeptic

April 26, 2007

• Second-grade promises

April 18, 2007

• Masked mauraders in our trash

April 12, 2007

• The boredom of "spring" break

March 29, 2007

• Old song, new technologies

March 22, 2007

• Use spring wisely

March 15, 2007

• Missing trees

March 8, 2007

• Cynicism vs. skepticism

March 1, 2007

• Snowblower neighborliness

February 22, 2007

• Reader comments

February 15, 2007

• Where is your number

February 1, 2007

• Chattering teeth and Chatterbox

January 29, 2007

• Warm winters, hot summers

January 17, 2007

• Built to last

January 12, 2007

• 55 years and millions of plants

January 4, 2007

• International conspiracy bent on world domination

December 29, 2006

• A skeptical mind in a cynical world

December 28, 2006

• Recovering remains

December 14, 2006

• Taken for a ride?

December 7, 2006

• Giving

November 30, 2006

• Local fun
• Local fun

November 16, 2006

• Dreams and dreamers

November 9, 2006

• Forgotten graveyards
• Remembering

October 19, 2006

• Browns and bomb
• Halloween candy

October 12, 2006

• Yep, those were snowflakes
• Porch thinking

October 8, 2006

• First sign of winter?